二に三さん日にち

Meanings

two or three days; a couple of days

Used to express an approximate duration or a short period of a few days. Often appears in contexts like 二三日中に (within a few days) or 二三日かかる (it takes a couple of days).

二に三さん日にち中じゅうにまた連れん絡らくします。
I'll contact you again within a couple of days.
この仕し事ごとは二に三さん日にちかかると思おもいます。
I think this work will take two or three days.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉は二に三さん日にち中ちゅうに〈動どう詞し〉to do something within the next couple of days
返へん事じは二に三さん日にち中ちゅうにお送おくりします。
I'll send my reply within a couple of days.
二に三さん日にちかかるto take a couple of days (to complete)
修しゅう理りには二に三さん日にちかかると言いわれた。
I was told the repairs would take a couple of days.
二に三さん日にち前まえにa couple of days ago
二に三さん日にち前まえに彼かれから電でん話わがあった。
He called me a couple of days ago.
二に三さん日にち後ごにa couple of days later / from now
二に三さん日にち後ごにまた来きてください。
Please come again in a couple of days.

Kanji

二two, two radical (no. 7)
三three
日day, sun, Japan

Related words

数すう日じつN3
数日 is a more formal, vaguer term for 'several days' (often 3–5), while 二三日 specifically suggests just two or three days.

Don't confuse with

二日ふつかN5
二日 means exactly 'two days', whereas 二三日 is an approximate range of two to three days, and learners can mistake one for the other due to the shared kanji.
二に十じゅう三さん日にち
二十三日 (にじゅうさんにち) means the 23rd day of a month or a duration of 23 days, while 二三日 (にさんにち) means a vague 'two or three days' even though it can share the same kanji spelling.

Built from

二に三さん+日にち

Etymology

Compound of 二 (two), 三 (three), and 日 (day). The reading にさんにち is a straightforward combination of the on'yomi for the numbers and the counter for days.